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RSL 3
Gallery E (from the "Unfamiliar Land" tour)

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• U036: The RSL-3 entrance gate.
• U037: The RSL-3 guardhouse and entrance gate. A life-size model Sprint missile is in the background.
• U038: This poster describes the three components of the Safeguard complex: the Perimeter Acquisition Radar, Missile Site Radar, and Sprint/Spartan missile silos.

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• U040: A life-size model of a Sprint missile on display at the entrance to RSL-3.
• U041: The tour of RSL-3 begins through this door.

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• U030: A missile silo at the RSL-3 museum.
• U031: The missile field at the RSL-3 museum. Each silo once held a Sprint missile with an enhanced radiation nuclear warhead.
• U032: Missile silos at the RSL-3 museum.

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• U033-U034: The missile field at the RSL-3 museum. Each silo once held a Sprint missile with an enhanced radiation nuclear warhead.
• U035: Missile silos at the RSL-3 museum.

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• U039: The RSL-3 underground bunker is beneath these structures.

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• U042: Double blast doors at the entrance to the RSL-3 underground bunker.
• U043: A corridor inside the RSL-3 underground bunker.
• U044: This room once held top secret targeting computers.

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• U045: A storage room in the RSL-3 underground bunker.
• U046: A neglected road sign sits in a corner.
• U047: Armed guards were once stationed at this security desk in the RSL-3 underground bunker.

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• U048: Various rooms in the RSL-3 underground bunker.
• U049: The main corridor in the RSL-3 underground bunker.
• U050: An empty room in the RSL-3 underground bunker. Shock absorbers protect the facility in case of a nearby nuclear detonation.

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• U051: Cable vault. This room once connected the RSL-3 underground bunker to the nearby Sprint missile field.
• U052: A room in the RSL-3 underground bunker. I wasn’t able to discover where the ladder leads to.
• U053: The RSL-3 underground bunker’s battery room.

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• U054: A storage room in the RSL-3 underground bunker, filled with a random assortment of furniture and workout equipment.
• U055: An emergency escape hatch in the underground bunker.
• U056: Double blast doors at the entrance to the RSL-3 underground bunker.

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• U057: A room in the RSL-3 underground bunker.